corsa_would
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Registered: 17th Mar 08
Location: Dumfries, Scotland.
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hey folks my car has always run at about 90 or below on the temp reader but yesterday when idling for like 10 mins the temp shot up to 95 and took a lot of motorway driving for it to chill a bit. do i need to change coolant or something or am i just overly worried?
cheers lads 
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All Torque
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Registered: 17th Nov 05
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Ford Focus TDCi
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Sounds about right, if the car isn't moving then theres no air flowing into the front of it. Mine is usually 90 when at stand still and then 60/70 on quick driving
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Archie
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Registered: 18th Dec 07
Location: South Ayrshire
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Mines always sat about 95 regardless.
But my headgaskets away now 
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corsa_would
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Registered: 17th Mar 08
Location: Dumfries, Scotland.
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cool mate should put my mind at ease, best to be safe than sorry. 
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All Torque
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Jake
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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My car runs at about 92 because it's warmer
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Marc
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Location: York
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Can get quite high in traffic. I wouldn't worry. I was told up to 97 is totally fine too.
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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I was also wondering this. what temp is the fan the meant to kick in at?  on a 1.0 12v btw
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AndyKent
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Registered: 3rd Sep 05
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My old 1.0 would always have the fan kick in about 93/94 (ie. before it got up to 95) and would run until it got back down to 90.
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Mobby
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Registered: 31st Dec 07
Location: Leicestershire
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should you let your car warm up before driving?
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AndyKent
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Registered: 3rd Sep 05
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No, just drive it normally - don't thrash it before its been up to temperature for a few minutes.
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corsa_rob
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Registered: 22nd Jan 06
Location: Birmingham
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ive got a x14xe...let it warm up slighty before driving...never do any harm to it. Drive it slow (low revs) when it gets to 90/92 ish then drive normally fan kicks in between 98/99/100 on mine...fan kicks in 4 times from work to home as stuck in traffic lots...coolant is cheap and easy to drop...vauxhall say the coolant is for "the lifetime of the car" but exactly how long is this??? lol...why not drop it and ure learn how to drop the coolant in the future 
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Quick temps rising are notorious on Corsa's, as long as the fan kicks in, don't worry.
But if you are worried and can bare it (it's tough in this hot weather), put your heaters on fully hot and fan speed 4. Acts like a heat sink and the temp needle goes down rapidly.
But as long as the fan is kicking it, that is fine
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